An English Homophone Dictionary

plain (-s), plane (-s) plaintiff, plaintive (?) plait (-s), plate (-s) plantar (-s), planter (-s) pleas, please

plough (-s), plow (-s) plum (-s), plumb (-s) pole (-s), poll (-s) policlinic, polyclinic politic (-s), politick (-s) poor, pore (-s), pour (-s) populace, populous pocks, pox

praise, prays, preys pray (-s), prey (-s) precedence, precedents presence, presents pride, pried

pries, prise, prize prince, prints prior, pryer

principal (-s), principle (-s) profit (-s), prophet (-s) pros, prose

psalter, salter

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pupal (-s), pupil (-s) puttee, putty (?)

Q

quarts, quartz

quay (see key)

qubit (see cubit) quean (-s), queen (-s) queue (see cue) quince, quints

quoin (see coin)

R

rabbet, rabbit rack, wrack

radical (-s), radicle (-s) rain (-s), reign (-s), rein (-s) raise (-s), rays, raze (-s) raiser, razor

rancor, ranker rap (-s), wrap (-s)

rapped, rapt, wrapped re ["do, re"], ray

read, red

read (-s), reed (-s)

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real, reel

recede (-s), reseed (-s) receipt (-s), reseat (-s) reck, wreck

reek (-s), wreak (-s) reference, referents rends, wrens residence, residents rest (-s), wrest (-s) retch (-es), wretch (-es) review (-s), revue (-s) rex, wrecks

rheum (-y), room (-y) rho, roe, row

rhyme (-s), rime (-s) rigger, rigor

right (-s), rite(-s), wright (-s), write(-s) righting, writing

ring (-s), wring (-s) ringer (-s), wringer (-s) rise, ryes

road, rode, rowed roc (-s), rock (-s) roomer, rumor roil, royal

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role (-s), roll (-s) rood, rude, rued roomer (-s), rumor (-s) root (-s), route (-s) (?) rose, rows

rote, wrote

rout (-s), route (-s) (?) rough, ruff

rouse, rows rued, rude rues, ruse rung, wrung rye, wry

S

sac (-s), sack (-s), sax sachet, sashay

sail (-s), sale (-s)

salter (see psalter) sane, seine

saver, savor scarf, scarph scene, seen

scent (see cent) scents, sense

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sew, so, sow sewn, sown shear, sheer

sheik (see chic)

shew (-s), shoe (-s), shoo (-s) shier, shyer, shire

shone, shown

shoot (see chute)

shot (see chott)

sight (see cite)

sighted (see cited) sic, sick

sics ["sics a dog on one"], six side, sighed

sigher, sire sighs, size

sign (-s), sine (-s)

signet (see cygnet) silicon, silicone (?) sink, sync

site (see cite)

sited (see cited) slay (-s), sleigh (-s) sleight (-s), slight (-s) slew, slough

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sloe, slow

soar (-s), sore (-s) soared, sword socks, sox

sold, soled, souled sol, sole (-s), soul (-s) some, sum

son (-s), sun (-s) sonny, sunny sordid, sorted (?) spade, spayed staff, staph staid, stayed

stair (-s), stare (-s) stake (-s), steak (-s) statice (-s), status (-es) stationary, stationery steal (-s), steel (-s) step (-s), steppe (-s) stile (-s), style (-s) stoop (-s), stoup (-s) straight (-s), strait (-s) succor (-s), sucker (-s) suede, swayed

suer, sewer

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summary, summery suite (-s), sweet (-s) sundae (-s), sunday (-s) surplice (-s), surplus (-s) symbol (see cymbal)

T

tacet, tacit tack, taque tacked, tact tacks, tax

tale (-s), tail (-s) talesman, talisman taper (-s), tapir (-s) tare (-s), tear (-s) tarry, terry

taupe, tope taught, taut

tea, tee, ti ["do, re"], [T] teas, tease, tees

team (-s), teem (-s) tear (-s), tier (-s) tends, tens

tense, tents tenser, tensor

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tern (-s), turn (-s) ternary, turnery (?) the, thee (?)

their, there, they're theirs, there's therefor, therefore threw, through throe (-s), throw (-s) throne, thrown thyme, time

tic (-s), tick (-s) tide, tied tighten, titan timber, timbre to, too, two toad, toed, towed

tocsin (-s), toxin (-s) toad, toed, towed toe (-s), tow (-s) toke, toque

told, tolled

ton (-s), tonne (-s), tun (-s) tongue, tung (-s)

tool, tulle tor, tore

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tort (-s), torte (-s) toughed, tuft tracked, tract

trader (-s), traitor (-s) (?) tray, trey

troop (-s), troupe (-s) trooper (-s), trouper (-s) trussed, trust

tucks, tux

U

udder (-s), utter (-s) (?) undo, undue

urn (see earn)

use (see ewes)

V

vale (-s), veil (-s)

vain, vane (-s), vein (-s) valance, valence valiance, valiants variance, variants vary, very

vellum, velum veracious, voracious (?)

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